Last week, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance won the first phase of its campaign to bring a bike share system to Portland, when the Portland City Council voted in support of $2 million in Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program (MTIP) money for a capital investment in bike sharing.
The BTA also received a $3,000 Advocacy Advance Rapid Response grant to build on this success and prepare...

The cost of asphalt is increasing. As state budgets are tightening, it is a good time to invest in transportation projects — like bicycling projects — that rely less on materials and commit a greater share of their totals costs to labor, putting people to work.

The majority of the Federal Transit Administration's grant programs allow money to be spent on the design, construction, and maintenance of walking and biking projects that "enhance or are related to public transportation facilities." But how do they determine if such a relationship exists?

Back in July, we reported on the US DOT seminar How Lessons on how to compete for a US DOT TIGER Grant. Today, the US DOT's Chief Economist Jack Wells hosted a webinar to describe what TIGER application reviewers are looking for in the project's Benefit Cost Analysis section of the application.

The following is a white paper written by the League of American Bicyclists and America Bikes, a coalition of national bicycling advocacy groups. Download the PDF of "Why Eligibility Isn't Enough."
Why “Eligibility” Isn’t Enough
The case for dedicated bicycle and pedestrian funding in the federal transportation bill
Representative John Mica (R-FL), chairman of the House Transportation and...